Spanish Flintlock Pistol by Juan Santos
 

Hi all
I Just recently purchased the attached pistol.
This small pistol is around 20 cm with two marks of the Spanish maker Juan Santos on the octagonal breech section and also flowers marks
Juan Santos, Madrid, recorded 1721 - 56, did his apprenticeship with his father, Luis Santos( see new stockel)

Very nice little piece, Jean-Luc :cool: .
Amazingly with a lock in the French system and not the typical 'llave de patilla' (Miquelete).

Thank you Fernando I still don't have it with me and I hope it will not be lost by the post office!
BEST

Jean-Luc

BEAUTIFUL! What a wonderful acquisition, fantastic pistol.

Hi Fernando

One more pistol by Juan Santos again with a lock in the French system.
Best

Jean-Luc

one more pic

picture the barrel

Hello, Cerjak

This is not a lock to the French, but a miquelete "art de Madrid". If you look on the cat walk, or cock has two appendices, one front and one rear, which lie on two wedges (BLOCKS), also front and back. The firing systems remains horizontal, as in the classic miguelete, although French influence. The scree screw has a ring, as in the miguelete.

Affectionately. Fernando K

and the upper jaw has a truncated cone shape, in French lock rare and common in Miqueletes.

Fernando K

Fernando K is obviously right, Jean-Luc. I Believe you can also this a lock "a la moda".
Can you see the two little appendixes in the front and in the back of the cock ?

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Dear Fernando & Fernando k
Thank you for the explanations , you are the experts in Spanish weapons ! always good to receive your comments !

Best

Jean-Luc

Pas du tout, Jean-Luc !!
Fernando K is an expert alright; the other Fernando has the same name but knows infinitely less about theses things :shrug:

Hello, Jean-Luc

Despite the words of Fernando, I'm just a history buff weapons, and a modest collector.

Sincerely, Fernando K